Roosevelt made a promise to the public that they would have a "Square Deal". Roosevelt kept his promise by putting legislation on big businesses. Theodore thought that the control of big business was the proper role of the federal government.. He enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust act, this act was passed in 1890 but never been applied to trust only unions. One person who came under Roosevelt's attacks was J.P. Morgan, a banker. Where some believed all trusts were bad, Roosevelt was of a moderate opinion. He believed the era of big business was inevitable. Because Roosevelt realized he couldn't do everything to control big business he created two new legislations- The Pure Food & Drug Act and a meat inspection law. A book called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair helped Roosevelt because it told of the conditions in meat packing factories.
Also in 1902, President Roosevelt shocked financiers on Wall Street with his decision to approve he government's lawsuit against Northern Securities, a large and recently merged western railroad company, for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Morgan took this as an personal insult. This earned Roosevelt the nick name "Trust Buster". In 1904 the Supreme Court dispersed the company.
Though Roosevelt broke up many companies he was unable to slow the merger movement of big business
Roosevelt was also the first to use federal government to help conflict between labor and capital. In May of 1902 in eastern Pennsylvania, 140,000 coal miners went on strike, they wanted better pay and less hours, and the right to establish a union. After five months of the strike coal supplies ran low and Theodore saw the need to intervene. Roosevelt proposed a meeting in Washington D.C. . Roosevelt came up with the idea to have a committee to help settle arguments. After Theodore threatened to take over the company both members agreed.
The miners got a 10 % pay increase, and a nine hour work day but had to give up strike rights for three years and they were not able to make people join unions.
Most Americans at the time thought that our resources were endless but Theodore Roosevelt did not. He was fueled by his love of outdoors, and took on the problem of conservation. Roosevelt's idea of conservation was groundbreaking–at the time, the idea of conserving the land primarily meant not preservation, but merely saving the land for future generations to use later. He used the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, which permitted the President to seize lands for National parks, to add more than 150 million acres, to the National Forests. One National park was the Grand Canyon. Roosevelt also, under the Nation Reclamation Act of 1902, funded large-scale irrigation systems; this made some dry wilderness places able to make agriculture possible.
Theodore Roosevelt's Dad was from the North but his mother was from the south, this made him fail to support civil rights fro African Americans. He did support a few though. Roosevelt appointed an African American as head of the Charleston, South Carolina customhouse. He also appointed an African American Postmistress in Mississippi, who later refused her. Roosevelt shut the station down instead of removing her. He even invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House.
Also in 1902, President Roosevelt shocked financiers on Wall Street with his decision to approve he government's lawsuit against Northern Securities, a large and recently merged western railroad company, for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Morgan took this as an personal insult. This earned Roosevelt the nick name "Trust Buster". In 1904 the Supreme Court dispersed the company.
Though Roosevelt broke up many companies he was unable to slow the merger movement of big business
Roosevelt was also the first to use federal government to help conflict between labor and capital. In May of 1902 in eastern Pennsylvania, 140,000 coal miners went on strike, they wanted better pay and less hours, and the right to establish a union. After five months of the strike coal supplies ran low and Theodore saw the need to intervene. Roosevelt proposed a meeting in Washington D.C. . Roosevelt came up with the idea to have a committee to help settle arguments. After Theodore threatened to take over the company both members agreed.
The miners got a 10 % pay increase, and a nine hour work day but had to give up strike rights for three years and they were not able to make people join unions.Most Americans at the time thought that our resources were endless but Theodore Roosevelt did not. He was fueled by his love of outdoors, and took on the problem of conservation. Roosevelt's idea of conservation was groundbreaking–at the time, the idea of conserving the land primarily meant not preservation, but merely saving the land for future generations to use later. He used the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, which permitted the President to seize lands for National parks, to add more than 150 million acres, to the National Forests. One National park was the Grand Canyon. Roosevelt also, under the Nation Reclamation Act of 1902, funded large-scale irrigation systems; this made some dry wilderness places able to make agriculture possible.
Theodore Roosevelt's Dad was from the North but his mother was from the south, this made him fail to support civil rights fro African Americans. He did support a few though. Roosevelt appointed an African American as head of the Charleston, South Carolina customhouse. He also appointed an African American Postmistress in Mississippi, who later refused her. Roosevelt shut the station down instead of removing her. He even invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House.
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